Hazen High School - Hornet Yearbook (Hazen, AR)

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using next year. the student's needs. Mrs. Shirley Skarda Hazen High School English de- is basically young. I feel this is an asset in certain ways be- the students can respond to a nearer their own age. Hav- young teachers can also work us because experience for itself, more learning can accomplished in a good atmos- solely for myself, I can re- what gave me trouble in d I try to explain things to students in a way that I wish would have been explained to get angry with myself because I t use more audio-visual aids could be entertaining and en- I have filmstrips, rec- and posters ordered thatl plan a department, with another experience under our belts, I we'll be able to more adequately -oc, 5 Three years ago there was no Jour- nalism department at H. H.S. At that time, concerned students expressed an interest in establishing one. Today, journalism staffers have built on those early efforts creating a workable atmosphere for producing a collegiate yearbook, a mod- styled monthly newspaper, and a literary magazine. Active, involved students, solely, are the backbone of this depart- ment. Like a piece of highly sophis- ticated electronic equipment, each student journalist makes his or her contribution to the publication ef- fort. Then and only then, does it work! - - journalists have never won in the race to see who could leave school first . Many work 8 to 3:15 in class and return for an extra 2 to 31fz hours work on the yearbooklnewspaper. Hardest for me to swallow are nega- tive comments generalizing the state of today's youth. Granted, I work with only a few every day but it's easy to see they're dedicated and real achievers. Students and the progress they make in Iournalism are the strongest points in my de- partment. And weak points? Extra time is lit- erally non-existent! For some reason, we can't crowd seven periods worth of publication work into two journalism classes. As deadlines draw near, lecturefassign- ments give way to the total pro- duction effort. Wish we could cover more! Improvements? Like most teachers, I could go on ad- infinitum about all the aids, extra space, and funds my department could use. But when it comes right to it, Hazen High provides more than adequately for journalism . . . Mr. C. B. Watterson This is a very difficult question to answer without appearing egotisti- cal. To be frank and to the point, I feel that my strong point concerning my position here at school is my willingness and ability to listen, NOT just hear, but listen to stu- dents. It is extremely difficult to get students to realize that all people have problems. A problem, by def- inition, means something a student is unable to find the answer to by himself. Many students feel that they must have a psychological dis- order before they can come to the counselor. I believe this is my great- est weakness here at school-try- ing to get students, especially young students, to realize that EVERYONE has difficulties which they can't solve by themselves. I can't promise thatlcan help . . .butl will try. Improvement-I would like to have the classroom adjacent to my office converted to a testing and occupa- tional reading and browsing room for students to use during their ,free time. This would give stu- dents a chance to explore various types of information available Qper- sonal, occupational, social, educa- tionalj during their leisure. And it would give me a place to house all my testing equipment, also, it would be warm-not like the au- ditorium where the student feels like THE ICEMAN COMETH! Mr. Larry Anthony Department l-Iead!163

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Vt W W W Self-analysis reveals departmental strength Pinpointing problem areas at I-l.H.S. maintained an excellent school system. Successful program- ing and curriculum plus new offer- ings in vocational classes, energized student interest and increased par- ticipation. Shaping their program person- ally department heads discovered success meant drawbacks in many instances, yet rewards were evi- denced. Department heads an- alyzed their areas of study an- swering these questions: As head of your department - what are its strengths and weaknesses? and What improvements, if any, would you make in it? l62! Mug Mob We are fortunate to have three teachers in the mathematics de- partment. This enables us to do two things-to offer courses in General Math and Business Math for those students who do not want to take or do not have the ability to take Algebra or Geometry, and to have more classes in each subject that re- sult in smaller classes. Therefore achieving better teaching atmos- pheres. Our students compare favorably with students in other B schools in our area as indicated by the suc- cess that they achieved at the Mathematics Contest in Ionesboro last spring. I believe they compare favorably with most high school students statewide. In the future, I would like to see an additional teacher in our depart- ment in order to offer more ad- vanced courses on the secondary level and to decrease the number of students in the 7th and 8th grade mathematics classes. Mr. Danny Shedd Participation and involvement each student is important in the ence department at HHS. courses include a large amount o laboratory investigation, therefore students are encouraged to find ou for themselves, instead of always being told the answer. Supplemen- tary materials, books, and magazines, plus the addition of a new course- ldeas and Investiga- tion in Science -aided the de- partment tremendously. A relaxed atmosphere and a good working re- lationship between students and teachers made students realize they were an important part of classroom activities. Encouragement of stu- dents to become involved in State and national competition, caused students to put forth more effort to do better work. Drawbacks in de- partment work included crowded classes with lack of space for suc- cessful investigations and short periods making it unable to com- plete lab each day. Limited equip- ment, though not enough to badly hurt the department, also was a weak point. The need to offer more courses, hire additional teachers, and an extra planning period for science teachers constitute the necessary improve- ments for the science department. Mrs. Margery Wills

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164 fMug Mob HQ THE LINE UP of cafeteria workers: Mrs. Etta Martin, Mrs. Ethel King, Mrs. Lossie Foster, and Mrs. Lillian Minton. HELPING OUT with the cleaning, Mrs. Maudie Norman and Mrs, Hazel Raper break for coffee. INSERT: Mr. B. E, Rosel, elemen- tary custodian, chats with Sharon Addison and Tim Colclasure after work. A ' Q .rf I,